There is a close to two decades age gap between them – but 50-year-old veteran actress Zoe Tay didn’t look a day older than 31-year-old actress Rebecca Lim in this photograph that was taken during the former’s recent birthday bash.
With her porcelain skin and slicked-back do, the queen of local entertainment appears to have barely aged a day since finding fame in the 1980s.
When it comes to looking better with age, Zoe is not alone. Here are eight other age-defying celebrities who look decades younger than they actually are.
Photo: Rebecca Lim/Instagram
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It’s hard to believe that it has been more than 20 years since Zoe catapulted to fame playing a materialistic young woman in “Pretty Faces”.
The model-turned-actress even has a 13-year-old teenage son. This “Ah Jie” is testament to the fact that health and beauty go hand-in-hand. It seems her preferred choice of exercise is Bikram Yoga – she even completed a 30-day challenge. How impressive!
The queen of Caldecott Hill might have turned 50 but she shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, the alumni of the inaugural Star Search talent hunt in 1988 snagged the Best Actress award at the 2017 Star Awards for her role in medical drama “You Can Be An Angel 2”.
Photo: Zoe Tay/Instagram
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Here’s a shocker for fans of Hong Kong dramas. The doe-eyed beauty who recently left Hong Kong television network TVB to venture into the mainland market turns 43 this year! 2018 marks the 21st year since Charmaine’s foray into show business.
The Chinese actress made her debut as an actress in 1997 after emerging as second runner up in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in that same year. The baby-faced actress has won numerous awards for her efforts including the Best Actress Award and the My Favourite Female Character at the TVB Anniversary Awards.
She was also the first actress to be crowned double TV Queen for the second time.
Photo: Charmaine Sheh/Instagram
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Who knew the gorgeous actress-host was 42? Chia began her career as a bright-eyed child actress with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation.
After completing her studies, she joined the Television Corporation of Singapore (predecessor of the MediaCorp broadcasting network). The actress who seems to defy the years lives and breathes her inside-out beauty philosophy.
She recently revealed to the local media that she doesn’t deprive herself of meals but maintains her toned physique by giving up snacking.
Photo: Michelle Chia/Instagram
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Jamie Yeo is another one of those celebrities that seem to have been able to halt the clock. Do you remember the Jamie Yeo in Growing Up? She played of Tammy, the sharp-tongued youngest daughter of the Tay family and that was close to twenty years ago!
She’s still got that same charisma that she displayed back then, and is now a radio deejay for Gold 905FM. In 2017, she tied the knot with 38-year-old corporate risk management consultant, Rupert, whom she met on Tinder. (Read more about Jamie’s experience with the dating app here).
In that same year, the radio jock also welcomed a baby boy into her family.
Photo: Jamie Yeo/Instagram
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This Taiwanese actress’s agelessness has taken on legendary status. She barely seems to have aged a day since she rose to stardom in 1998 with her breakout role as Xia Ziwei in the drama series “My Fair Princess.
If anything, Ruby seems younger now at 41. In 2017, the actress recently walked down the aisle with her friend of ten years, 37-year-old actor Wallace Huo. Shortly after tying the knot, the lovebirds welcomed the arrival of a baby girl.
Photo: Loveruby_official/Instagram
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Model, actress and restaurant owner, Shu Qi has definitely been a busy girl, but all that working hasn’t put the years on her face.
Even without a smidgen of makeup on, there’s not a single crease in sight. Last year, the well-loved Chinese actress starred in the movie, “The Adventurers” that was written, produced and directed by her husband Stephen Fung.
Photo: Shu Qi/Instagram
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If you grew up in the 90s, you would be familiar with the bronzed beauty who starred in numerous local television productions in the 1990s and early 2000s.
The athleisure guru barely looks a day over 20 but incredibly, she is actually 43. She attributes her well-maintained complexion and physique to exercises like yoga and pilates as well as healthy lifestyle habits such as staying hydrating, eating vegetables and getting as much sleep as possible.
In 2017, after a 16 years break from show business, the local actress returned to the spotlight, starring alongside Louis Koo in the Chinese film, “Paradox”.
Photo: Michelle Saram/Instagram
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She sure doesn’t look like it, but Jeanette Aw has hit the middle aged milestone too. A household name here in Singapore, Jeanette has played the leading lady for many local dramas like “The Little Nyonya” and “The Dream Makers”.
In 2017, she took a big step by leaving Mediacorp and her artiste management company Hype Records-Artiste Network to chart her own path. When asked about her secret to looking this good and young, she told us that it’s down to skincare.
She stressed the importance of cleansing and removing all of her makeup. The actress also gushed about her love for hydrating sleeping masks that “you can leave on and sleep, and wake up feeling like your face is hydrated instantly.”
Photo: Jeanette Aw/Instagram
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The South Korean girl group Girl’s Day member, So-jin, who is best known for her playfully youthful style and cheery image might be turning 32 this year but she could easily pass off as an undergraduate.
In 2017, the bubbly singer announced that she was dating 27-year-old singer-songwriter, Eddy Kim.
Photo: So Jin/Instagram
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While there are many beautiful starlets that haven’t aged a bit, there are also many male celebrities who don’t look their age either.
Terence Cao who recently played a gambling addict in the drama series, “My Teacher is a Thug” exudes the same boyish charm that he displayed back then when he first started out acting in 1989. The veteran actor who starred in numerous local productions has a six-year-old daughter who is currently living in Shanghai with her mother.
Photo: Terence Cao/Facebook
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